Cellen 2

Data visualisation — perception

Gavin Simpson

Aarhus University

2025-02-20

Learning objectives

At the end of this video you should have a better understanding of

  • how human brains perceive visual scenes

Perception

Hermann grid

Mach bands

Perception

Pop

Can you see the green squares?

Preattentive pop-out

Some shapes, colours, angles more easy to spot

Can happen before (or almost before) before consciously looking at something

Pop — find the blue circle